Exam 1 Terms Flashcards
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friezes; bands that divide the pictorial field
Ground line
Marks a significant break with the figures being depicted
Profile View
from the side; reserved for most animals and people
Frontal view
as if viewing from the front
Ziggurat
a high platform that hold a building (like a temple or altar)
cella
central hall; devoted to divinity in a temple
composite view
part frontal and part profile; animal faces were frontal and bodies profile
hierarchy of scale
way of distinguishing the most important figures from those of lesser rank; size represents importance in sociert
stele
carved stone slab set up to commemorate a historical event or to mark a grave
cylinder seal
a cylindrical piece of stone engraved to produce a raised engraving rolled over clay
foreshortening
suggests depth by representing a figure at an angle; not frontally or in profile
Lamassu
large limestone monsters, usually guarding a palace
mastaba
standard tomb; rectangular brick over underground burial chamber
personification
human features to intimate objects
ka
body and soul
